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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ju84s4HM"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Darius9"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:54:16"] [WhiteElo "1310"] [BlackElo "1365"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+54"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Bc5 3. Qh5 Qf6 4. Qxc5 d6 5. Qxc7 Na6 6. Bxa6 bxa6 7. Qc6+ Bd7 8. Qxa8+ Bc8 9. Qxc8+ Qd8 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. d4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nh6 14. Bg5+ f6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Nxf6 Rf8 17. Nxh7 Re8 18. c4 Re6 19. c5 Rc6 20. Rc1 Rg6 21. c6 Rxg2 22. c7+ Kc8 23. f3 Rg8 24. b4 Kb7 25. Nh3 Rc8 26. Rc5 Rxc7 27. Rxc7+ Kxc7 28. O-O a5 29. bxa5 a6 30. Rb1 Kd6 31. Rb6+ Kc5 32. Rxa6 Kb5 33. Ra8 Ka4 34. a6 Ka3 35. a7 Kxa2 36. Rb8 Ka1 37. a8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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